Career
- 1989- Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge
- 1970- Fellow, King's College, Cambridge
- 1988-1989 Reader in Geophysical Dynamics
- 1981-1988 University Lecturer
- 1970-1981 Assistant Director of Research in DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1968-1969 ICI Research Fellow at Cambridge University
At various times visiting scientist at the Australian National University, University of California at San Diego, Canterbury University, Caltech, MIT, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Tata Institute at Mumbai, University of Western Australia, the Weizmann Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
Research
- Carbon dioxide sequestration
- The flow of granular media
- Constrained lava flows
- Exchange flows
- The fluid mechanics of solidification
- The sinking of pumice
Selected Publications
- Huppert, H.E. (2000) "Geological fluid mechanics". In: Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics: A Collective Introduction to Current Research", eds. G. K. Batchelor, H.K. Moffatt and M.G. Worster. Cambridge University Press, pp. 447-506.
- Huppert, H.E. (2000) "George Keith Batchelor". J. Fluid Mech. 421, 1-14.
- Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (2002) "The role of volatiles in magma chamber dynamics", Nature 420, 493-495.
- Lube, G., Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J and Hallworth, M.A. (2004) "Axisymmetric collapses of granular columns", J. Fluid Mech. 508, 175-199.
- Lyle, S., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A. and Chadwick, A. (2005) "Axisymmetric gravity currents in a porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 543, 293-302.
- Huppert, H.E. (2006) "Gravity currents: a personal perspective", J. Fluid Mech. 554, 299-322.
- Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (2006) "Extreme Natural Hazards: population growth, globalisation and environmental change", Phil.Trans. R. Soc. A 364, 1875-1888.
- Peppin, S.S.L., Aussillous, P., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2007) "Steady-state mushy layers: experiments and theory", J. Fluid Mech 570, 69-77.
- Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (2007) "Bi-directional flows in constrained systems", J. Fluid Mech. 578, 95-112.
- Bickle, M. Chadwick, A., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A. and Lyle, S. (2007) "Modelling carbon dioxide accumulation at Sleipner: Implications for underground carbon storage", Earth Planet.Sci.Lett. 255, 164-176.
- Peppin, S.S.L., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2008) "Steady-state solidification of aqueous ammonium chloride", J. Fluid Mech. 599, 465-476.
Publications
Collapses of two-dimensional granular columns.
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2005)
72,
041301
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.72.041301)
On gravity currents driven by constant fluxes of saline and particle-laden fluid in the presence of a uniform flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2005)
539,
349
(doi: 10.1017/S002211200500546X)
Dissolution-driven convection in a reactive porous medium
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2005)
535,
255
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112005004830)
Solidification using smoothed particle hydrodynamics
– Journal of Computational Physics
(2005)
206,
684
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2004.11.039)
On gravity currents propagating at the base of a stratified ambient: Effects of geometrical constraints and rotation
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2004)
521,
69
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112004000965)
The growth and structure of double-diffusive cells adjacent to a cooled sidewall in a salt-stratified environment
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2004)
518,
347
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112004001235)
Crystallization and layering induced by heating a reactive porous medium
– Geophysical Research Letters
(2004)
31,
ARTN L13605
(doi: 10.1029/2004gl019950)
Axisymmetric collapses of granular columns
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2004)
508,
175
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112004009036)
Self-similar solutions of the axisymmetric shallow-water equations governing converging inviscid gravity currents
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2004)
506,
331
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112004008638)
Gravity currents in nature and industry
(2004)
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